Same country, different data – the ease of creating propaganda posters
TL; DR Summary
- All true.
- Illustrates the ease of creating propaganda posters.
- Share if you agree!
As I continue to cross-check the very popular (on social media) Denmark propaganda posters, I created one of my own!
Points that did not fit on this poster:
- Denmark has the highest taxes in the world
- Denmark has the highest personal debts in the world with household debt equal to 321% of disposable income.
- Banks pay negative interest rates – meaning that savers pay the bank to hold their money
- One of the easiest countries in which to fire workers!
Sources
My poster is, of course, slightly misleading. The general concepts are true but are sometimes limited to “the EU” rather than the implied “world”.
- Cancer Rate, Denmark. Highest in the world.
- Violence against women, BBC. 2nd highest in the EU.
- Anti-depressant usage, DadaViz. And more here. 2nd highest in Europe.
- Alcohol, WorldLifeExpectancy. 6th highest alcohol related death rate in the world
- Taxes, Denmark media. Highest in the world.
- Personal debt is world’s highest as percent of disposable income (Bloomberg).
- Banks pay negative interest rates – meaning that savers pay the bank to hold their money
- One of the easiest places to fire workers! (True, with a link to the official Danish government web site page that explains why and how this works.)
Screen snapshot from Denmark’s NationalBanken (Central bank)
Original
The original poster, the content of which, is mostly not true or misleading: